No injuries at GreenFiber fire

Fire broke out Monday at 1601 Gessel Drive in Delphos on Monday evening.

Levi A. Morman | The Lima News

DELPHOS — Delphos Fire Rescue responded to a structure fire at GreenFiber Insulation Company, 1601 Gressel Drive, at around 4:43 p.m. Monday after a small blaze broke out in the building’s processing center.

No injuries were reported as the business’s employees were evacuated in time.

The exact cause of the fire remains unclear, but Streets said the fire may have potentially started due to a machinery malfunction potentially involving overheated metal that may have been too close to the processed paper insulation.

The cause and extant of the damages will be investigated by the end of the week, Streets said. GreenFiber was the site of a similar small fire in 2002.